TO DO OUR SHARE:
THE AFRICAN CANADIAN EXPERIENCE IN WWI
October 21 & 22, 2016
Fountain Learning Commons :: Acadia University
SCHEDULE
Friday, October 21st, 2016
Our Excluded Past: WW1 and Discriminatory Enlistment
Today's events sponsored by the Royal Society of Canada
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
8:00 PM
Registration at Fountain Commons
(click here for map and parking instructions)
Reception with refreshments
Poster session showcasing student research
Film screening, Honour Before Glory, a one-hour docudrama by Anthony Sherwood, based on his great-uncle William A. White’s wartime diaries.
Audience question and answer session with Anthony Sherwood.
Saturday, October 22nd, 2016
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
9:45 AM
11:15 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
Breakfast (included in registration fee) & registration
Poster session showcasing student research
Welcoming remarks and greetings
Panel: The Reverend William A. White: Faith, Courage and Community
Chair: Dr. Leslie Oliver
Panelists: Nancy Oliver-MacKenzie; Pat Townsend; Danielle Pittman
Refreshments (included in registration fee)
Keynote sponsored by the Royal Society of Canada, James W. St. G. (Jim) Walker: (Coloured) in Context: The No. 2 and the White Man’s War
Lunch (included in registration fee)
Please visit the Pop-up Museum; Historical Exhibit; and Publishers and Booksellers Tables
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
5:00 PM
Panel: The No. 2 Construction Battalion: They Fought to Fight
Chair: Sylvia Parris
Panelists: Hyacinth Simpson; Melissa N. Shaw; Isaac Saney
Refreshments (included in registration)
Panel: African Canadian Experience in WWI: Commemoration and the Creation of Public Memory
Chair: Afua Cooper
Panelists: Keith Mercer; Craig Smith; Brian Gilchrist; Anthony Sherwood
Book signings
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Lindsay Ruck
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Anthony Sherwood
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Jim Walker
Please visit the Pop-up Museum; Historical Exhibit; and Publishers and Booksellers Tables
6:00 PM
8:00 PM
Gala Dinner (included in registration fee)
George Borden "Black Soldier's Lament"
Afua Cooper "Negro Cemeteries"
Closing remarks